Receptacle opener



July 28, 1931. COURTNEY 1,815,901

RECEPTACLE OPENER Filed July 16, 1930 2Sheets-Sheet 1 gwumtoc (baring July 28, 1931. N.- P. COURTNEY RECEPTACLE OPENER Filed Jui 16. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gri uentoz .7127? ('oqrivury M 'NroHoLAs e. coUn'mEzorrAssnIc,new JERSEY; 1

The present invention: relates generally'to cansjdrums and canisters and more particularly to m eans for o ening'the lids thereof I and the object of the invention isto provide a device which is to be sold a's part of the receptacle and designed for prying oil the lid and which is extremely simple in its construction,- inexpensive to manufacture, easy reliableinuse. r V r 'Myldevice is attached "to" the receptacle and located on thefcover thereof and is so constructed asto permit its being folded ontothe top of the receptacle and not interopen the receptacle time after time Without fere with the stacking of receptacles so equipped. i

Anotherimportant provision of the inven t-ion' lies in the ability of; the device to .re-

renewal of the parts, and alsoithe cover of therreceptacle may be replaced to itsforiginal the'cover. p v .With the, abovejandnumerousother objects in'view as will appear as thedescription'pro ceedsythefinvention "resides in certain novel tightness'without removing the device from features of construction; and in the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully describedv and laimed; ni I r 1 f, In thedrawings the ei'ghtffigures are all perspective views of different. embodiments of the opening means in position after having pried openvthe slid.

FBeferring to the v firsttoFigure 1 it will'be seen that (A denotes the can andB the lid. The lid is formed 19 3 0. ste m, 468,351, 1

to manipulate, andthoroughly efficient and drawings in detail, and

beseenthatethelid Bfwill be pried to an Pmposition; i I In Figure 2 the construction is practically the same except a different sh-apedcan is illustrated. ""In Figure 3 the eonstruction ispractically the-same except that theili'd B hasthe beadtdat itsbottom} rather than at the top' andexteiisions 11 are disposed at'right angles I I A to 'the'fportions' 9a' to be interposed'between' saidflportionsfia' and the trunni'ons 10a; The

embodiment Figure 4 is practicallyj the f samefexcept that "portions of thebead are l offsetinwardly as; indicated at 5c. The cona,

sanctio in Figure 5 is the same except that portions f9cZ are in the same plane with each s other and with the portions of thearms'Sd,

:"In il -figure 6 the letter I Aef denotes the can and are letter Be denotes the lidr having the; 5 bead 56 with spaced ends 6e. The openerCe r I is formed from a single strand of material bentover upon itself and shaped to provide a shank 7 6 one end of which-terminates in j a trunnion 100 while the other end'thereofis extended and coiled about a portion of the A bead 15 of the can as is indicated, at 16and then is extended back as at 17 and terminates r inanother trunnion 10a. 7

In Figure 7 the device Cb is formed froma single strandof metal bent over upon itself and shaped to provide a shank 7 I) having arms a p withan ogee formation 18 which terminates r x Lin trunnions 10b journaledin the ends of the head 19 of the can A6 so that a portion of the I ogee extension 18 maybe caught under the bead 5b of the lid 'Bb for prying the same O eIL- 1 In Figure v8-the device Cg is formed from with ya bead 5 of: continuous formation exrsingle'strandof material bent ov'eruponitself cept' for a space The letter C :denotes 'and shaped to provide a shank 79 having generallythe opener"which is formed from a single strand of metalbent over'upon itself 7 intermediate its ends and twisted to provide a shank 7 withdarms 8 extending. therefrom and having angular extensions!) over'upon themselves terminating r, in oppositely *di-' .rected trunnions 10, whi'ch-;arejournaled in dotted lines in Figure 1 and by swinging the shank up to an upright position it will parallel arms 1 8 9' extending therefrom with curved intermediate portions 20 for engaging the'beadQl of the can Ag and these arms 89 terminate in trunnions 10g journaledinlthe i .end portions 69 of the bead 5g of the lid Bg; It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention willnow be clearly understood without a more detailed description thereof. The nu-,

merous embodiments of the invention illustrated'have been shown merely for the pu'rn v T 1,815,901

poses 'ofexemplification since in actual practice they attain the features of advantages enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and it isto be understood that changes in'details I of construction may be resorted to Without.

departing from the, spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing. any of its advantages.

' 0 Having thus described my inventiomwhat Iclaimasnewis?- V 7 1 1.7 In combination, a receptacle member, a lid member, one of said members" having a bead a portion of which has anopening thereby forming a pair of opposedspaced ends, and anopeni-ngzj' device extending between said spaced ends and having trunnions projecting. aWaygfrom eachiother and journaledin: said spacedends ofthebead;

9 combinationva rece tacle member a 1 7 lid mein'ber,j one of said members having a bead-a portion of which has an opening thereby-forming a pair of opposed spaced 7 -ends,,and an o xgening device extend-ingbei tW-e'en said spaced ends and h-avingtrunnions projecting away from each other and journaled in said spaced ends of the head, said opening device being formed of a single piece o fImetarl bent over-upon itselfand twisted I about: itself and terminating in saidtrunnions. s

:In-testimony whereof, I aflix my. signature. P. 

